+/**
+ * Allocate and initialize an array, abort on failure or bugs.
+ *
+ * \param nmemb See \ref arr_realloc().
+ * \param size See \ref arr_realloc().
+ *
+ * This calls \ref arr_alloc() and zeroes-out the array.
+ *
+ * \return See \ref arr_alloc().
+ */
+__must_check __malloc void *arr_zalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+ void *ptr = arr_alloc(nmemb, size);
+
+ /*
+ * This multiplication can not overflow because the above call to \ref
+ * arr_alloc() aborts on overflow.
+ */
+ memset(ptr, 0, nmemb * size);
+ return ptr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allocate and initialize memory.
+ *
+ * \param size The desired new size.
+ *
+ * \return A pointer to the allocated and zeroed-out memory, which is suitably
+ * aligned for any kind of variable.
+ *
+ * \sa \ref alloc(), calloc(3).
+ */
+__must_check void *zalloc(size_t size)
+{
+ return arr_zalloc(1, size);
+}
+